Just outside of Bodrum is  Icmeler, here you find Europe's largest ship-yard  for wooden yachts. An eighteen meter gulet can  be built from scratch in eight to twelve month.  Since the time of King Mausolos Bodrum has been  an important center for boat building. Ptolemaus  from Egypt had his warships made here in 300 BC.  Gulets are traditional boats of Southwest Turkey.  In general, gulets vary in length between 14 and  35 meters (52- 110 feet) hence varying passenger  capacity. In many ways a gulet is like a full  service hotel where every room has a sea view  and the scenery changes constantly.